A Humble ISD police officer was arrested after he admitted during a job interview to viewing child pornography, authorities said.

Jeffrey Warren Clark

(Harris County Jail)

Jeffrey Warren Clark, 48, applied for a job with a Houston-area constable's office, and during his background check, he said that he had looked at sexually explicit pictures of children, according to KTVT-TV (Channel 11).

Investigators with the Harris County Precinct 4 constable's office searched Clark's home, where they said they found several thousand images of graphic child pornography and child exploitation on electronic devices.

Clark was being held in the Harris County Jail on 10 counts of possession of child pornography, a third-degree felony. Bail was set at $750,000.